Prisoners

"Move it, move it."

"Try anything funny and you're dead."

In front of the gate, we were captured and made to sit alongside over a hundred other people. The number of prisoners gradually grew.

Shin Seoyeon, who was mingling with the group and observing the soldiers, spoke quietly.

"They look human, but there's something subtly different about them."

"Mm, their ears are a little pointy. Maybe they're elves or something?"

No. Elves really do look like elves. Every last one is beautiful, as if sculpted by a god. And they're fucking awful. Compared to those nature-loving barbarians, these people are downright civilized.

Of course, that didn't mean they weren't uncivilized in their own way.

Anyway, throughout the Selection Process, humanity encounters people who look a lot like us, but differ in subtle ways.

"How much?"...